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June E. McArthur Emo
June E. McArthur Emo died Oct. 16, 2005, in her Cayucos home, surrounded by her four children. She was 85.
Born June 7, 1920, in Portal, N.D., she was the second of five children of Eva and Donald McArthur. After high school graduation, she attended North Dakota State University, where she met her future husband, John Emo.
She taught first through fourth grades for two years, then marriage and moved around the United States with John, who was in the U.S. Army. They eventually settled in California, first in Visalia. In 1962, the family moved to Davis, then in 1985, the couple retired to the coastal paradise of Cayucos.
She found great joy and satisfaction in being a devoted mother, grandmother and homemaker. In addition, she excelled in numerous other areas: faithful and committed service in her church, with a special concern for missions; gracious, artistic hospitality, extending to people from around the world; and strong leadership in PTA, 4-H youth clubs and political and community organizations.
She also returned to a career in the registrar's department at UC Davis before her retirement.
She had a strong work ethic and Scottish stubborn determination. Her family and friends delighted in her warmth and quick, playful wit.
“Unconditional, Christ-like love was the essence of June's nature and personality, and blessed every relationship of her life, ” her family says. “It was her spirit of love and sincere concern for others, joined with a very giving heart, that characterized her long life.”
She is survived by four children, nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
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Albert H. Eng
Albert H. Eng died March 29, 2001. Born Aug. 18, 1924, he was 76.
He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Dorothy Eng, and one daughter, Judy Eng.
The family wishes to thank the staff at Kaiser Hospital on Morse Avenue in Sacramento for their help while he was in their care.
A funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at East Lawn Mortuary, 5757 Greenback Lane, Sacramento.
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Pamela Lee Engelhard
Pamela Lee Engelhard died Monday, Nov. 28, 2005, at the University of California Medical Center in San Francisco following a lengthy illness. She was 52 years old.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2005, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1405 Cottonwood St. in Woodland. Interment will follow at Monument Hill Memorial Park, 35036 County Road 22.
Engelhard was born in San Francisco on April 15, 1953, to Rex and Dolores (Tobin) Bell. She graduated from Balboa High School in 1971 and went to work for the Pacific Telephone Company, where she was employed in repair service for 14 years.
She later enrolled at Bryman College in San Francisco, where she was trained as a medical assistant and was offered a job with the San Mateo County Health Department. Engelhard moved to Yolo County in 2000 and was employed by Monument Hill Memorial Park until March 2004.
Engelhard is survived by her husband of 21 years, Guillermo Engelhard of Woodland; a son, Luis Ivan Salas of San Mateo; her sister, Jeannine Brickley and her husband Paul of San Francisco; as well as numerous nieces and nephews.
The family request that, in lieu of flowers, contributions be made to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, or to the Pamela Engelhard Memorial Fund, c/o First Northern Bank, P.O. Box 547, Dixon, CA, 95620.
Evergreen Funeral Service of Woodland is handling the arrangements.
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Ethel Christina (Bogda) Engelmann
Ethel C. Engelmann, age 88, died Thursday, July 29, 2004 in Woodland. Born on Nov. 28, 1915 in Blue Island, Ill. to Richard and Kathi (Flassig) Bogda, Mrs. Engelmann was the second of eight children.
She marriage Emanuel Counrad Engelmann on March 2, 1935 at St. Peter's Evangelical Church in Frankfort. They made their home there, where the Engelmann's were early settlers arriving from Hanover, Germany in 1853. Mrs. Engelmann will be buried
from the new Kurtz Memorial Chapel, which now occupies the land of the former Engelmann family home.
Mrs. Engelmann moved to Woodland in 1997 and had made her home at St. John's Retirement Home for the last four years.
She is survived by her sons, Kenneth of Morro Bay; Lester and his wife Gail of Woodland; Thomas of Frankfort, Ill; grandchildren, Eric and his wife Jackie of Jacksonville, Ill.; Glenn and his wife Terry of Jacksonville, Ill.; Hope of Denver, Colo.; Randal of Boston, Mass.; Carrie of Frankfort, Ill.; Neil of Grover Beach; and Kevin of Frankfort, Ill. She is also survived by great-grandchildren, Brandon, Clayton, Dustin, Savannah, and Chase. Other survivors include her sister Mildred and daughter-in-law, Ethel Beckman.
Mrs. Engelmann was preceded in death by her husband, Emanuel in 1991, and her son Lawrence in 1950, her grandson Tedd in 1975 and daughter-in-law Katherine in 1989.
Services: Friends were received from 10 to 11 a.m., Wednesday, Aug. 4, at Kurtz Memorial Chapel, 65 Old Frankfort Way, Frankfort, Ill. A funeral service followed at 11 a.m. at the Chapel. Interment was at Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Frankfort.
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Ann English
Ann English died after a brief illness Wednesday June 4, 2003, at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center.
Born in Colusa, Mrs. English was a Vallejo resident.
Survivors include her daughter, Phyllis (Sylvester) Moore of Vallejo; sons, Omar Muhammed, Donald Vestal and Ramon English, all of Vallejo, Sean English of Davis and Kevin (Caroline) Vestal of Germany; brothers, Carl and Herbert Logan, both of Woodland; and seven grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.
The family requests memorials be directed to Skyview Memorial Lawn.
Services: Visitation has been held. Services were held last Wednesday at Old Path Miracle Cathedral, Vallejo, with the Rev. Hiram Berhel of the United Christian Fellowship Church officiated.
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Helen F. English
Helen F. English died at Palm Garden Assisted Living for Seniors, Woodland Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2004, at age 94.
Born July 15, 1909, in St. James, Mo., Mrs. English was the daughter of the late Edward and Sabina Bruni of St. Helena. She had been a resident of Woodland for the last two and a half years. Prior to moving to Woodland she had lived in St. Helena for 78 years. She and her sisters owned and operated Bruni Cafe, a restaurant in St. Helena for over 40 years.
Survivors include her brother, Ed Bruni and wife Kay of Woodland; sisters, Clara Miller of Napa, Josephine Monteli of Davis, and Irene Russell and husband Robert of El Macero; and numerous nieces, nephews, and cousins. She was preceded in death by her husband of 58 years, Earl English, in 1989; sisters, Mary Pelandini of St. Helena, and Ida Kinder of Vallejo; and brothers, Jack Bruni of Anderson.
The family requests memorials be directed to the charity of donor's choice. Arrangements are under the direction of McNary's Chapel of Woodland.
Services: Visitation is scheduled from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 1, at McNary's Chapel, 458 College St. A funeral mass is schedule at 1:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 2, at St. Helene Catholic Church. Entombment will follow at Holy Cross Cemetery in St. Helena.
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Janet Louise English
Janet Louise English died Aug. 9, 2004, at her Davis home. She was 63.
She was born March 20, 1941, in Wenatchee, Wash., to Harley and Geraldine English, who moved with their three children to Davis when she was 5.
She graduated from Davis High School in 1959.
In 1963, she marriage Terry Buckendorf of Sacramento. Their daughter was born in 1964 and their son in 1966.
She received her bachelor's degree from UC Davis in 1978. Earlier academic pursuits included the study of commercial art at the San Francisco Academy of Art (1959), the study of fine arts at Sacramento City College (1960-62), and the study of fine arts at Fort Wright College in Spokane, Wash., (1972-74).
She was an accomplished artist. In 1997, she and her sister presented selected works together in Davis at a show called "Sisters." Her artist's appreciation of form, color and detail could be seen in her beautiful home and garden, and her art collection, as well as her 20-year career as a sought-after Davis area wallpaper hanger, which she pursued until her illness.
She was a member of the Sacramento Buddhist Meditation Group for the last 10 years, and at times served on the board and as librarian.
She was diagnosed last September with advanced lung cancer and entered hospice care in July. Her final weeks were spent at home, without pain, under her family's care.
She was preceded in death by her mother, Geraldine Clare English, in September 1986, and by her sister Carol Ann Rosson, in July 2003.
She is survived by her daughter Kirsten Buckendorf of Seattle; son Theo Buckendorf and his wife Kirsten Olesen of West Sacramento; father William Harley English of Davis, a professor emeritus in plant pathology at UC Davis; brother Bill English of Ukiah; and many nieces and nephews and their children.
Family and friends are welcome to attend a gathering in her memory at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Shields Grove Gazebo on the west end of the UC Davis Arboretum, followed by a potluck celebration of her life at the home of her friend Mary Ann Nelson.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made in her name to Yolo Hospice, P.O. Box 1014, Davis, CA 95617, or to the charity of the donor's choice.
